legal trouble

Nik Turner (controversially) toured as Hawkwind; Lemmy slept with their wives

The Motorhead frontman discusses how he got revenge on his old Hawkwind band-mates in the bio released this year, not long after he passed away at 70 years old. Meanwhile, Nik Turner continues to defy the same old band-mates, much to the dismay of superfans…

Big Freedia, officially not going to jail, announces tour (NJ & Brooklyn included)

Last month it was reported that Big Freedia, who had been facing possible jail time, will be thankfully avoiding jail and instead getting three years of probation. Now she announced a new album and tour.

Scarlett Johansson's new group gets cease-and-desist from band already called The Singles

You may remember that Scarlett Johansson has a “girl group” called The Singles that also features Holly Miranda, Este Haim and more. Trouble is, there’s already a band called The Singles who were formed in Detroit by Vincent Frederick back in 1999 and continue to make records, like last year’s Look How Fast A Heart Can Break…

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd arrested for trying to have people killed (and drugs)

AC/DC recently released a new band photo without their drummer Phil Rudd in it. When questioned about it, the band said Phil just couldn’t make the photo shoot…

Robert Aaron out of jail for now, in the NY Times, still playing shows (some with James Chance)

The NY Times ran a great profile of musician Robert Aaron who was busted with lots of heroin in his apartment after cops barged down the door looking for someone to pin Philip Seymour Hoffman‘s death on…

Miguel & 2 Chainz (who may be facing legal trouble) playing shows, one together in NYC (dates)

Miguel at Made In America 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) R&B crooner Miguel and guest-verse-fave 2 Chainz both have some separate dates coming up this year, but they’ll join forces to celebrate DJ Prostyle’s (Power …

Chief Keef jailed for probation violation

Chief Keef (center) and crew @ Pitchfork Festival 2012 (more by James Richards IV)Chicago rapper Chief Keef was jailed Tuesday after a judge found he violated probation…

Harley Flanagan says he was invited to Webster Hall & jumped; John Joseph issues statement, says he's a liar

As we were saying, original Cro-Mags member Harley Flanagan told website NYNatives that he was acting in self defense when two members of his old band were injured by him at Webster Hall on July 6th…

Trevell Coleman, aka G-Dep, sentenced to 15 years after confession in a cold murder case

Just before Christmas 2010, a 36-year-old black man, Trevell Coleman, walks into a police station in Harlem and tells the cops that something’s been troubling him…

Wiz Khalifa busted for pot two times in two weeks

“Some musicians just bring marijuana to mind. Willie Nelson has never hidden his taste for it. And in the rap world Wiz Khalifa, the “Black and Yellow” rapper from Pittsburgh, has never been coy in his rhymes about his love of illegal smokes…
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